Article Category: Brief Cases

JEREMY HUNT’S FILM PLOT

March 22, 2023

ONE-TIME arts minister John O’Donoghue likened film production incentives to a “Dutch auction”, whereby governments compete to give away the most money to... Read more »

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BRIAN ORMOND’S MISSTEP

March 8, 2023

BARELY A year after benefiting from oodles of free advertising in the Irish media, courtesy of gushing articles about Brian Ormond’s move into... Read more »

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PHARMACISTS’ FINANCIAL HEADACHE

March 8, 2023

IN RECENT weeks Dermot Twomey’s Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has been getting its fair share of attention, most notably as a result of... Read more »

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DUNCAN STEWART’S MANY HATS

March 8, 2023

WITH THE critically acclaimed Eco Eye television series jettisoned by RTÉ (see The Phoenix 24/2/23), it may not be too long before presenter... Read more »

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CERREJÓN’S IRISH MINING COMPANY CALLS IT A DAY

March 8, 2023

THE IRISH-registered company that has been the sole marketer of coal from the controversial giant Cerrejón mine on the Colombia-Venezuela border has just... Read more »

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HUGH CAHILL’S OWN GOALS

February 22, 2023

IT HAS been an unfortunate start to the year for RTÉ sports broadcaster Hugh Cahill, whose company has just gone into liquidation. On... Read more »

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NIAMH PARKER’S TWEETS

February 22, 2023

THE STORY of Altada’s travails keeps on giving and last weekend the Business Post featured a large spread detailing multiple criticisms of founder... Read more »

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PETER MCDONNELL’S ‘EXCLUSION’

February 22, 2023

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see a legal action filed in the High Court last week by Donegal accountant Peter McDonnell against the Association... Read more »

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NEIL FRANCIS’S WINNING PERFORMANCE

February 22, 2023

WHILE FORMER Ireland rugby international Neil Francis must still be red-faced after last month’s Sunday Times front-page apology over his ‘story’ on a... Read more »

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EUGENE MURTAGH’S PROPERTIES

February 22, 2023

“KINGSPAN BILLIONAIRE Eugene Murtagh is deploying more of his family’s fortune in Dublin 2,” the Sunday Times reported last week. Murtagh has, of... Read more »

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HUGH WALLACE’S PERSONAL GUARANTEE

February 9, 2023

WITH THE popular Home of the Year programme back on RTÉ from Valentine’s Day for its ninth series, there was plenty of love... Read more »

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LORETTA DIGNAM’S HEALTHY OUTLOOK

February 9, 2023

IT HAS been a mixed few weeks for Loretta Dignam’s Menopause Hub, which announced the opening of its first clinic in Cork at... Read more »

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ANNE ROSSI’S LIQUIDATION

February 9, 2023

DUBLIN BEAUTICIAN Anne Rossi came a cropper in Dublin District Court this month as a result of an action taken by the Health... Read more »

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CRANE POWER

February 9, 2023

STILL NO sign of the €5m being dished out to some lucky grant manager on behalf of a body called the Crane Foundation.... Read more »

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GEORGE DUNNE’S BIG HOUSE

February 9, 2023

A HOUSE in Bray, Co Wicklow, has just come on the market with the vendor seeking a hefty €3.4m. The Irish Times write-up... Read more »

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ARNE VIGELAND’S IRISH ANGLE

January 26, 2023

NEXT WEEK will see a creditors’ meeting held for a company called SJI Equities Ltd, which is owned by a Norwegian investor named... Read more »

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KITE MEDICAL’S CRASH LANDING

January 26, 2023

WHAT AT one stage looked like one of Ireland’s more promising medtech start-ups, Kite Medical Ltd, is now to be wound up after... Read more »

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PAT O’FLYNN’S SUPPLEMENT BOOST

January 26, 2023

PAT O’FLYNN’S iron-absorption supplements company Solvotrin Therapeutics continues to attract the big bucks, with a business expansion scheme (BES) fund the latest to... Read more »

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BOWLER HATS’ BARGAIN AT THE CURRAGH

January 26, 2023

WHILE THE state-backed Curragh racecourse has been haemorrhaging money – the 2021 accounts filed before Christmas show that Curragh Racecourse Ltd dropped €4m... Read more »

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JOHN MAGNIER’S BEDROOMS

January 12, 2023

WHILE MONEYBAGS John Magnier has tended to be seen as something of a deity in south Co Tipperary, where he has been splashing... Read more »

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WILL PRENDERGAST’S PREDICTIONS

January 12, 2023

AFTER TWO years in situ as a director on Advisable.com, venture capitalist and member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows Will Prendergast has... Read more »

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RICK EARLEY’S LATEST SETBACK

January 12, 2023

A LOW-PROFILE Co Longford company called Profill Ltd was wound up immediately before Christmas. Having started life as a mattress manufacturer in Tralee... Read more »

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DESMOND BOUNCES BACK

January 12, 2023

ACCOUNTS HAVE just been filed by LN-Gaiety Holdings Ltd (LNGH), the joint venture between loaded concert promoter Denis Desmond and the Live Nation... Read more »

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WINDHOIST HOISTED

January 12, 2023

THE WEEK before Christmas, a business involved in providing services to wind farms – Windhoist Ireland Ltd (WIL) – was wound up by... Read more »

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LAURA WHITMORE’S MUFF MOVE

December 15, 2022

AN IRISH lass who has been making waves in London in recent weeks is TV presenter Laura Whitmore. Having fronted the insanely popular... Read more »

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LIKEWHERE’S LOADED PASSENGERS

December 15, 2022

A TRAVEL tech outfit called LikeWhere, founded by Simon Dempsey and Luke Middlewick, is set to officially crash-land next week. It turns out... Read more »

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SIMONE ROCHA’S REWARDING GAZE

December 15, 2022

WHILE Laura Whitmore has been attracting headlines across the Irish Sea, another Irish player making an impact there is fashion designer Simone Rocha,... Read more »

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BAH HUMBUG AT SUPERVALU

December 15, 2022

ESCADIA LTD, the company that was associated with a large SuperValu supermarket in Ardee Co Louth – controlled by Margaret Lanney and her... Read more »

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CLOCK STARTS ON FILM LEVY

December 15, 2022

WITH THE Seanad’s final passing of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 on December 6, a revamp of the online and... Read more »

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BILL MCCABE’S LEGAL HEADACHE

December 1, 2022

INTERESTING TO see a midland engineering outfit called Aubren Ltd lodging proceedings in the Four Goldmines against the high-profile air purification outfit WellAir... Read more »

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MARK GALLIGAN’S EMPTY HOUSE

December 1, 2022

THE SUMMER of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the House of Ireland (HoI) crafts and gifts retail group collapsed into liquidation.... Read more »

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RESCUING CIARA DONLON

December 1, 2022

HAVING WON her fair share of plaudits in recent years, Ciara Donlon – the woman behind Theya Lingerie Ltd, which produces post-surgery underwear... Read more »

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MICHAEL HACKMAN’S IRISH SCREENPLAY

December 1, 2022

INTERESTING TO see that the first accounts have been filed by Michael Hackman’s Ardmore and Troy Studios Limited, which acquired the two film... Read more »

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ROBERT DRENNAN’S SOUL SEARCHING

November 17, 2022

SO FAREWELL then to Robert Drennan’s trendy sofa retailer Soul, which has been wound up after a decade in business. Happily, design conscious... Read more »

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JENNY ROCK’S ADVICE

November 17, 2022

VIRTUALLY EVERY media outlet provides some kind of ‘your money’ or ‘how to save it’ advice these days, with some mid-tier entrepreneur or... Read more »

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ANNUAL 2022: BRIEF CASES – BUSY YEAR FOR THE GATE KEEPERS IN 2022

November 17, 2022

IT WAS a hectic year for liquidators, bankruptcy lawyers, insolvency practitioners and anyone investigating white-collar crime, as the long-stored-up problems during the Covid-19... Read more »

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